Fountain pen



Jan. 8, 1935. J. QUAGLIA 1,987,158

FOUNTAIN PEN Filed Aug. 30, 1935 J07??? Quay/7'5) INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 8 1935 UNI-TED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOUNTAIN PEN John Quaglia, New York, N. Y. Application August 30, 1933, Serial No. 687,519 2 Claims. (01. 240-646) My invention relates to pens and more particularly to improvements in fountain pens.

The principal object of my invention is to provide for illuminating the writing end of a fountain pen and for rendering such illuminating means effective or inefl'ective by manipulation of the closure cap of the pen.

Other and subordinate objects will appear when the following description and claims are read with reference to the accompanying drawing.

In said drawing:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a fountain pen equipped with my novel illuminating and controlling means.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the pen barrel proper.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view illustrating the position of the closure cap when the illuminating means is to be rendered in effect.

Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a. detail cross-section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3, illustrating the relative position of indicating means on the cap and barrel and presently described.

Referring to the drawing, numeral 1 designates the barrel of the pen, which is provided at its rear end with an ink reservoir 2 and a reduced substantially crescent-shaped portion 3 extending from said reservoir and terminating in a socket 4 for the usual pen point 5, said reduced portion having therein a substantially semi-circular feed passage 6 leading from the reservoir 2 to the pen 5. The usual screw cap 2' closes the reservoir 2. Said barrel includes a metallic sleeve '7 adapted to be screwed at one end upon a threaded portion 8 of the barrel 1 and designed to enclose and secure in the reduced portion 3 batteries 9, one of which is provided with a metallic socket 10, in contact with the sleeve 7, for securing an incandescent lamp 11 adjacent the pen point 5. One of the batteries 9 engages a contact 12, suitably secured in one end wall of the reservoir 2 and connected by a conductor 13 embedded in said barrel and terminating in a contact 14 countersunk in the outer face of the barrel 1 and projecting slightly above the same. As will be understood, the barrel 1 is formed of non-conducting material, such as the usual hard rubber.

The usual closure sleeve 15 is, formed of metal and provided 16 so that when said sleeve is the upper end of the pen it may be manipulated by turning to form a bridging element between the contact 14 and sleeve 7, whereby the light is turned on, as will be clear, or, on the other hand, turned to register the opening 16 with the contact 14 whereby the bridging relation of said sleeve 15 is destroyed and the light 11 is turned 011.

The pen is equipped for indicating the on and oil positions of the closure sleeve 15. For this purpose the usual spring clip 17 on the sleeve 15 for retaining the pen in the pocket is used as an indicator or pointer to register with suitably positioned legends 18 and 19, respectively, stamped or otherwise delineated on the sleeve 7.

The operation and advantages of my invenin this instance, with an opening positioned upon tion will be clear, it is thought, from the foregoing description.

It is to be understood, however, that the invention as illustrated and described is susceptible of modification and change within the scope of the protection prayed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having, between its end portions, an intermediate portion crescent shaped in cross section, said barrel having a nib at one end and an ink reservoir in its other end and a crescent shaped feed passage connecting the nib with the reservoir, said passage being curved laterally towards the center of the barrel at the discharge end, an electric lamp under said feed passage and adjacent said nib, a source of electric energy in said barrel for lighting said lamp and a switch for connecting and disconnecting said source from said lamp.

2. A fountain pen comprising a barrel having, between its end portions, an intermediate portion crescent shaped in cross section, said barrel having a nib at one end and an ink reservoir in its other end and a feed passage connecting the nib with the reservoir, said passage being curved laterally towards the center of the barrel at the discharge end, an electric lamp under said feed passage and adjacent said nib, a source of electric energy in said barrel for lighting said lamp and a switch for connecting and disconnecting said source from said lamp.

JOHN QUAGLIA. 

